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"Fla. Water Managers Approve $533M Everglades Deal"

The South Florida Water Management District approved Gov. Charlie Crist's deal to buy 73,000 acres of farmland from U.S. Sugar Corp. for $536 million to restore the Everglades.

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Source: AP, 05/14/2009

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3 Die in Ark. Tank Explosion

"An empty gasoline tank undergoing repairs exploded Tuesday at a fuel storage facility in rural north-central Arkansas, killing three workers, authorities said."

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Source: AP, 05/13/2009

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Tennessee Spill: The Dredge Report

EPA's takover of the cleanup of TVA's coal-ash spill in Tennessee came after revelations that TVA's effort to do the job by dredging threatened to become a "major toxic event."

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Source: Nation, 05/13/2009

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EPA To Take Over Tennessee Coal-Ash Cleanup

EPA announced Monday that it would take over cleanup of the Kingston, Tennessee, fly ash spill from a TVA plant under the Superfund hazardous waste law.

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Source: Knoxville News, 05/12/2009

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"The Rooftop Revolution"

"A little-known policy is turning sleepy central Florida into a green energy hub. Could it do the same for America at large?"

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Source: Washington Monthly, 05/11/2009

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New Tool Available For Localizing Coal Ash Controversy

A new map and report by the Center for Public Integrity make it easier to pinpoint exact locations of coal-ash deposits, a waste product of coal-fired power plants.

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It's Hurricane Prime-Time in Gulf and Atlantic States

The next 6 weeks or so will see the peak of the hurricane season along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.

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Top 10 Endangered Southern Areas

The Southern Environmental Law Center's top 10 places in America's South that face "immediate, potentially irreparable threats in 2009" represent a cross-section of the major environmental issues facing these states.

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SEJ Urges Prompt, Full EPA Release of Ash Spill Testing Data

SEJ urged EPA Region 4 to release promptly and fully any environmental monitoring data it collects related to the December 2008 spill of coal ash from an east Tennessee impoundment.

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DOT Stifles Report on How Climate Change Will Affect Gulf Coast Infrastructure

It wasn't exactly a secret that climate change will have drastic and often harmful impacts on the roads and causeways, chemical plants and oil/gas pipelines, and shipping facilities along the Gulf Coast. Two reports released in March had already said so.

But another report on the same subject from the Department of Transportation was buried deep in the bureaucracy - as has been the case with many reports on climate change impacts during the past eight years.

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